On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:03:41 +0000, SighFi wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:26:42 +0100, Tx2 wrote:
>
>>
>> Sorry if this is OT to any group, but i'm pulling my hair out!
>> The one and only game I play has decided to stop working.
>>
>> It's called "Battlefield 2".
>>
>> When i try to login to the account server at the start of the game, it
>> 'pauses' for what seems like an age, and then I get the message "the
>> server has refused the connection".
>>
>> I have uninstalled and re-installed the game, Googled, patched the game
>> and anything else ending in 'ed' but to no avail.
>>
>> I have also removed the software firewall off my PC to see if that is
>> the problem. It didn't resolve it.
>>
>> One thing that has prompted me to post, is the the fact that the
Gamespy
>> site, who I believe are 'in bed' with Electronic Arts, is also very,
>> very slow, and in some cases times out. I believe Gamespy may have
>> something to do with the servers to which my games is connecting? I've
>> only gauged that through historic postings found on Google. It may be
>> incorrect.
>>
>> This has got me thinking maybe there is a DNS or routing issue going
on?
>> Do AAISP (my Internet provider) have problems connecting me to the
>> servers I'm trying to use maybe?
>>
>> Both the site, and my game, always worked, and worked well, but on
>> Sunday, it all stopped. I changed nothing, installed nothing. I was
>> playing the game, stopped for a cup of coffee, re-loaded the game, and
>> BAM! No connection.
>>
>> Everything else relating to the Internet or my network seems fine.
>>
>> Can anyone shed any light on this for me please? I can't find any
>> "server status" pages for Electronic Arts or Gamespy, but in all
>> honesty, I know not where to look. Neither can I find any sup****t
forums
>> for the game....
>>
>> Help!
>
> same here, no log on in bf2142, bloody annoying, useless gits.
>
> just another cor****ate who thinks its customers are cattle
Looks like all their servers are f'd up, cos I though Oh I'll just have a
game of BFV instead, and there is no list of servers being retrieved from
master.


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